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Y. BRDUWERS. COALING DEVICE.

I APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2!, I919- I 1,340,819. I atented May18, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT: 21., 1919. 1,340,819.

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COALING DEVICE.

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' UNITED. STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

YSBRAND BROUWERS, OF WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS.

SCALING DEVICE.

Application filed October 21, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatl, YSBRAND lhioownns, a subject of the Queen of the Netherlands, residing at Wageningen, Netherlands, have invented new and useful lniprovements in Coaling Devices, "of which the tollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to coaling devices for supplying coal to moving trains and the like without rendering it necessary to halt the train.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means for causing the delivery means to travel at substantially the same rate of speed as the train, so that the transter of coal may be made without causing the coal to be scattered or thrown about when it enters the oal-receiving parts on the train.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for automatically releasing the coal from the containers by a part on the,

train striking releasing mechanism for the coal-carrying parts.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure l is a side view showing a locomotive and its tender passing under the coal delivery mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Fig. l is an enlarged view of the container drum with parts in section.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view thereof.

Fig. 6 is an edge View.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of the latching means.

Fig. 8 is a s ctional detail view of the releasing means.

In these views 1 indicates the locomotive, and 2 the tender thereof. In carrying out my invention I form coal-receiving receptacles 3 at any suitable place on the tender. These receptacles may. have conveyors therein for conveying the coal to the fire-box of the locomotive.

At any desired location along the track I place a pair of uprights a for supporting the coal-delivering mechanism. These uprights rotatably support a horizontal shaft 5 which carries the coal-containing drums 6. The

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

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shaft may be re such as the electric motor l. spans the track and the drums are so located as to come above the receptacles '3 when the train passes between the supports. Each drum is provided with a series of rotating rompartments H for receiving the coal. Said compartments are formed by the partitions 9 suitably secured to the side plates of the drum. T he ends oi the compartments are closed by the doors 10 which are hinged at one end to the partition by suitable hinges, such as shown at 11, and the doors are normally held closed by means of the latches 13. Each side of each door is provided with a projecting pin 1&- which is engaged by one of the latches. Each pair of latches is carried by a shaft 15, suitably journaled to the partition, so that the two latches will move in unison. Each latch has a right angularly extending arm 16 which is forked to receive the bell crank lever 17 which is pivoted between the forks. One arm of the lever is engaged by a spring 18 to normally hold its other arm against the pin 14 when the parts are in locked position. In this position of the parts the pin 14 is seated in a rounded recess 19 formed at the junction of the arm 16 with the body of the latch. It will thus be seen that there is no danger of the latch becoming released from the pin. T he end of the latch above the arm is provided with a spring-pressed plunger 20 for receiving the blow of the releasing rod 21, to be hereinafter described. I provide a small spring latch 22 on the main latch which is adapted to engage with a stud 23 on the drum to hold the latch out of engagement with the pin 14 when desired.

The releasing means consists of a casing 24 secured to one of the uprights and slidingly receiving the rod 21. The inner end of this rod is provided with a head 25 which operates in a chamber 26 formed in said casing. This chamber receives a spring 27. which acts against said head to hold the rod 21 in projected position so that its outer end will strike the plunger 20 to force the latches into inoperative position and thus release the doors to permit the same to swing open to release the coal. The rod 21 is normally held in retracted position by the trigger 28 carried by the casing and engaging the head. This trigger is released by a rod 29 which is adapted to be struck by a projection 30 on the train, so that the rod 21 "ted by any suitable means, F T he shaft Will be released at the proper moment to throw the latches into inoperative position to discharge the coal at the moment the coalreceiving receptacles on the train are in position to receive it.

Whilel have described the invention as delivering coal to moving trains, it Will of course be understood that the parts could easily be changed to deliver other material to moving vehicles.

The coal-delivering means can be placed along the track at suitable intervals to supply the proper amount of coal to the train. The motor may be kept running continuously or it may be started in proper time to have the parts operating by the time the train reaches the device.

Having described my invention, What I claim is 1. An apparatus for delivering coal to .a moving train comprising a pair of uprights alongside the track, a shaft journaled in said uprights and extending across the track, a rotary container carried by said shaft and having a plurality of compartments therein, a-hinged door for each compartment latching means for each door, a

trigger carried by one of the uprights for engaging the'latching means to release the doors, meansi'or actuating the trigger by the passing traln and a motor for revolving the container.

2. An apparatus for delivering coal com-,

prising a pair of uprights arranged along side the track, a shaft journaled in said uprights and extending across the tracks, a motor for rotating the shaft, a container car- 7 ried by said shaft and containing a pluralreceiving compartments therein, a door foreach compartment, a pair of latches for each door, a shaft carrying each pair of latches, a casing on one of the uprights, a springcontrolled rod in said casing, a trigger for holding the rod in retracted position and means for operating the trigger by the train for projecting the rod into position to strike one of the latches to throw both latches into releasing position. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

YSBRAND BROUWERS.

l Vitnesses D. KLEIJN, M. ALvARADo. 

